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Notley government decrees no change to Alberta's royalty regime
Jan 30, 2016David J. ClimenhagaMany Albertans still believe the NDP was right when it said they weren't getting a fair deal on resources -- and nothing has changed just because nothing has changed.
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Is Canada back? Not if austerity dominates and capitalism isn't confronted
Feb 11, 2016Chris WalkerHow can the left better challenge austerity measures and capitalism? "The Servant State" suggests we move beyond mere indignation and confront the horrifying reality in front of...
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Greeks bearing gifts
Feb 22, 2016WINGSReeling under EU-imposed austerity, Greeks open their hearts and homes to refugees.
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Don Getty, premier who battled economic downturn much like today's, among...
Feb 27, 2016David J. ClimenhagaDon Getty's record as interpreted by the neoliberal propaganda machine is subject to as much mythmaking and distortion as that of Pierre Trudeau. History will judge him...
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Free university? Under the Liberals, not likely.
Mar 2, 2016What's Left EditorsThe latest edition of What's Left This Week looks at the Ontario budget and tuition fees, the Canada Pension Plan, and privatization.
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Deficit hysteria breaks out in wake of Liberal budget
Mar 29, 2016Duncan CameronAfter the Trudeau government's budget announced a nearly $30-billion deficit, a chorus of right-wing voices started calling for a return to belt-tightening austerity.
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Painful austerity budget for Newfoundland and Labrador
Apr 15, 2016Cory CollinsSweeping cuts by the Liberal government will have a deep impact across the province's entire society.
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Nuit debout protests spread across Europe
May 6, 2016RedeyeNuit debout is a French social movement that began on March 31 with the occupation of La Place de la République in protest against proposed labour reforms. It has since spread across...
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Pierre Karl Péladeau and the party that can't be saved
May 9, 2016Mathieu Murphy-PerronPierre Karl Péladeau resigned abruptly last week from the Parti québécois. Mathieu Murphy-Perron addresses what this means for Quebec politics, and he does not mince his...
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Pro-austerity organization finds austerity increases inequality
May 31, 2016Duncan CameronAccording to some, austerity is supposed to promote growth, but the IMF team shows the inequality increases that result from austerity feed back into slower growth.
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Solidarity Winnipeg: Grassroots renewal against austerity in Manitoba
Jun 15, 2016Talking Radical RadioSofia Soriano and David Camfield talk about the work of a new multi-issue, grassroots group called Solidarity Winnipeg.
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Brexit may be what happens when economic considerations overtake us
Jun 24, 2016Rick SalutinReducing multifarious human beings to sets of economic data is irrational. Oddly, humans often agree. They'll frequently consider losing out economically to being diminished...
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For disaffected Brexit voters living under austerity, what choice did they have?
Jul 13, 2016Mel WatkinsCanadian "experts" should take note of the powerful message those most negatively affected by austerity politics just sent to their "betters" in Britain.
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'The world must jettison neoliberal ideology': A globalization wake-up call
Sep 30, 2016Murray DobbinIf recent mainstream economic reports are to be taken seriously, some of the big brains managing global capitalism these days are starting to lose faith in their neoliberal...
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Others sure to suffer as Sudden Apocalyptic Deficit Syndrome strikes...
Jan 24, 2017David J. ClimenhagaWith the economic case for austerity pretty well universally discredited, you have to look to the underlying motives of conservatives like Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall.
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Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci, a New Democrat, delivers a traditional...
Mar 23, 2018David J. ClimenhagaIf the NDP has added a new twist to the old PC prayer for higher oil prices, it's the suggestion things will get better when the Trans Mountain Pipeline is completed.
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Nurses standing up for patient care
Apr 24, 2018Talking Radical RadioSandi Mowat, president of the Manitoba Nurses Union, talks about mobilizing against health-care cuts and in defence of patient care.
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What's the good of an effective carbon tax if it's politically impossible to...
Dec 5, 2018David J. ClimenhagaThe complaints of the yellow-jacketed protesters in France encompass the entire traditional left-wing indictment of the neoliberal austerity program the Canadian right...
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The Alberta tar sands and the French yellow jackets
Dec 9, 2018Rick SalutinThose of us who mostly observe and comment on the current crisis, or suite of crises, owe a debt to France's gilets jaunes, the yellow vests. They're clarifiers.
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Yellow Vests Canada lacks left-wing populism of gilets jaunes in France
Dec 14, 2018Brent PattersonThe Canadian Yellow Vest movement targets the carbon tax and "illegal" immigration, rather than reflecting the anti-austerity demands resonating in France.
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